New Balance Falmouth Road Race exceeds $1.8 million raised for charities
Published on Friday, October 14, 2011
October 14, 2011
For Immediate Release
For further information contact:
Matt Auger, (508) 540-7000 or Director@falmouthroadrace.com
New Balance Falmouth Road Race exceeds $1.8 million raised for charities
Falmouth, Mass. – The New Balance Falmouth Road Race broke its fund-raising record by more than $50,000 at this year’s 39th running, raising $1.8 million for the 78 groups it supports with its Numbers-for-Nonprofits program.
Each year the race provides guaranteed entries, exempt from the lottery and with an extended deadline and a discounted entry fee, to selected charities. The charities then offer the entries to runners, who solicit donations for the non-profit. More than 900 people participated in the program this year. Runners in last year’s race raised $1.7 million and the total for the past seven years is more than $10 million.
This year’s top fundraiser was Dana-Farber Cancer Institute of Boston, with more than $316,239, followed by Compassionate Care ALS of North Falmouth, which raised $253,023, and Boston Ronald McDonald House, $153,913.
Cape-Cod-based non-profits did very well at this year’s race. In addition to Compassionate Care, 27 other local groups participated in the program, raising more than $570,230, with $399,292 of that money raised by Falmouth-based groups.. The total raised by Cape groups in 2010 was $317,000.
Other leading groups include Children’s Hospital, $98,000; NephCure Foundation, $69,787; Cystic Fibrosis, $60,000; American Stroke Association/Teddy's Team, $60,000; Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, $55,000; and Joslin Diabetes Center, $50,000.
In addition to the money raised by runners, to date the race has made direct donations of more than $26,000 to local non-profits, sports teams and athletes.
Information about the nonprofit groups in the program is listed on the web at http://www.FalmouthRoadRace.com/charities.
About Falmouth Road
Race
The New Balance Falmouth Road Race was established in 1973 and has become one
of the premier running events of the summer season. Each year the race
draws an international field of Olympians, elite athletes and recreational
runners out to enjoy the scenic 7-mile seaside course. The non-profit
Falmouth Road Race organization is dedicated to promoting health and fitness
for all in its community. Proceeds from the race each year support youth
athletic programs in the town of Falmouth and other nonprofit community groups.
